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New International Rail Terminal
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I believe it was an Old Oak to Rainham tunnel with an underground station at Waterloo. I can’t remember the project name, but it was...
Wednesday at 11:37
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Crafting a fictional timetable
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Modelling, Simulations & Games
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I have an idea for a 3 mile branch line in South London based on the Addiscombe branch. The branch will have two intermediate stations...
Tuesday at 11:10
Sad Sprinter
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New International Rail Terminal
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The poster does raise an interesting point though, what if we did need more platform space? It’s a question I’ve asked myself for a...
Tuesday at 10:01
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Why did we need HS1?
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My understanding was that the early 80s computers used to do demand modelling predicted insane passenger numbers for the Eurostar, hence...
Monday at 21:41
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Pacers on Long Distance Routes
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Surprised no one's mentioned the story of a pacer substituting a HST from Exeter to Paddington...
Sunday at 23:41
Sad Sprinter
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Why did we need HS1?
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Yes, 8 Eurostars an hour from London as planned by BR in 1991. It was, and I was surely one of the people that championed HS1 when it...
Sunday at 23:36
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How do the "Brighton" approaches to London Bridge work?
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Thanks, how did it work before the THameslink Programme?
Saturday at 21:53
Sad Sprinter
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How do the "Brighton" approaches to London Bridge work?
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Infrastructure & Stations
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The East Croydon to London Bridge line has its fast line in the middle, but unlike other paired by direction routes like the ECML or...
Saturday at 15:25
Sad Sprinter
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Combined transport authority in the north
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A combined Northern Transit Authority seems like it would segue into Northern Devolution. Something which I see will want to be...
Saturday at 15:10
Sad Sprinter
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Where else in the UK could tramways/light rail be installed?
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Leeds, Bristol and Birmingham should have Undergrounds more so than trams. Especially Birmingham. Southampton and Portsmouth could do...
17 Apr 2024
Sad Sprinter
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Marylebone to the Continent…
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If Watkin really, really wanted to reach the Channel, the best route for the GC would have been to put the GC tracks on the north side...
16 Apr 2024
Sad Sprinter
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Marylebone to the Continent…
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I suppose by the time The Great Central reached London in 1899, it was probably way too expensive to build another cut and cover...
16 Apr 2024
Sad Sprinter
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TGV Driver Announcement
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Yes I’ve been on the Eurostar on two occasions in two years and didn’t hear that on the outward and homeward bound legs. I remember when...
16 Apr 2024
Sad Sprinter
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Marylebone to the Continent…
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I knew you would know. That’s right it was the ELL, I think it was mentioned in a London Reconnections article a number of years ago.
16 Apr 2024
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Marylebone to the Continent…
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If I'm correct I think the plan was to just run down the Metropolitan to Farringdon and onto the Chatham system? Great question.
16 Apr 2024
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